# OpenAI says Apple’s own security practices undermine its trade secrets case

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/openai-says-apples-own-security-practices-undermine-its-trade-secrets-case/
- Published: 2026-08-06T15:10:32+00:00
- Original publisher: TechCrunch
- Original article: https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/06/openai-says-apples-own-security-practices-undermine-its-trade-secrets-case/
- Topics: AI, Business, Companies, Technology

## Summary

Newly filed court exhibits show OpenAI’s legal strategy in Apple’s trade secrets lawsuit: argue that Apple’s own security and offboarding practices — including allowing an Apple manager to access a former engineer’s iCloud account after he left the company —undermine its claims that the allegedly stolen information was properly protected.

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